While selling in Rochester and investing in states closer to Chicago would still require finding a reliable PM and likely making improvements, the advantage is that these new investments would be in a market that I can occasionally drive to.

When I started it took a lot of effort to enter enough data to be able to generate meaningful financial reports.

There has been significant growth, especially with tech giants  driving up property prices and job opportunities.

Tech and manufacturing job growth is spurring a shortage that is continuing to drive rents and prices up. 

I personally like to invest in Old North, Old Town East/King Lincoln Bronze Ville, Merion Village, Driving Park, North Linden, Hungarian Village, Bexley, and North Hilltop.

Mortgage rates are related to the US Treasury yield and any meaningful rate cut could bring mortgage rates average 30 year fixed mortgage rates into the 6%'s.

Recently there have been some issues with drunk driving (primarily on The Strip). 

I would not expect that demand to drive up the price in a crazy way but let's say there's some $700,000 4-unit properties in some markets that are sitting for a long time - those will sell faster. 

I even went out to Memphis last year to drive by my properties and meet with MidSouth. 

Partner Driven was interested in the Finsbury Drive deal in Spring Hill, FL, due to its high profit potential.